Abstract: The California Migrant, Transient, and Homeless Populations collection consists of article offprints, booklets, unpublished
papers, transcripts of hearings, newspaper clippings, one book, and twenty-two photographs spanning the years 1930-1992. All
items in this collection (in one form or another) concern the rootless in society; especially prominent in these holdings
are materials concerning migrant farm workers principally in California, but also in other parts of the nation. Other areas
of interest are the homeless and transient youths. The "Cotton Survey" (1938) examined the living conditions of migrant farm
workers and contains invaluable black-and-white photographs of farmers' camps in such places as Kern County. Also noteworthy
are transcripts of testimony from Carey McWilliams, the famous editor of The Nation and authority on California ethnic groups,
before state hearings on the migrant worker. The collection also contains an assembly of reports and papers from various private
and public agencies on the homeless problem of the 80s and the 90s.

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The California Migrant, Transient, and Homeless Populations collection consists of article offprints, booklets, unpublished
papers, transcripts of hearings, newspaper clippings, one book, and twenty-two photographs spanning the years 1930-1992. All
items in this collection (in one form or another) concern the rootless in society; especially prominent in these holdings
are materials concerning migrant farm workers principally in California, but also in other parts of the nation. Other areas
of interest are the homeless and transient youths. The holdings on migrant farm workers in California have special value for
research on their plight in the California of the Depression. The "Cotton Survey" (1938) examined the living conditions of
migrant farm workers and contains invaluable black-and-white photographs of farmers' camps in such places as Kern County.
Also noteworthy are transcripts of testimony from Carey McWilliams, the famous editor of The Nation and authority on California
ethnic groups, before state hearings on the migrant worker. The collection also contains an assembly of reports and papers
from various private and public agencies on the homeless problem of the 80s and the 90s. This material is invaluable for describing
how social service groups fought this problem on the local scene as it became a national issue. This collection contains some
material that can be found in the USC Libraries; this has been noted.

Custodial history

This collection did not originate from holdings that were gathered or created by an individual or organization; rather, it
is a mixture of materials acquired by the CSWA and then housed together because of their subject matter. Some of this material
possibly was once in the possession of Gertrude Wilson and Gladys Ryland, or the United Way Library.

Organization

The collection has been organized into two series: Migrants/Homeless Youth (Box 1) and Los Angeles Homeless (Box 2).

California Federation of Young Democrats.
The Seasonal Farm Labor Force in California. Research Papers. undated.

Jerry Stanley.
Children of the Dust Bowl. The True Story of the School at the Weedpatch Camp. New York: Crown Publishers, 1992. Publisher’s blurb.

Federal Interdepartmental Committee on Children and Youth.
When the Migrant Families Come Again. A Guide for Better Community Living. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1955. Bears signature of Gladys Ryland.

Florence Wyckoff.
The Citizen’s Role in Community Planning for Group Work Services to Migrants. The San Joaquin Valley Health Project. Cleveland: The National Consumers’ Committee for Research and Education, undated. Bears signature of Gertrude Wilson.

Box 1, Folder 2

S. Smith Griswold.
A Proposed Plan for the Care of Indigent Single Men in County of Los Angeles-California. Los Angeles: Department of Budget and Research of Los Angeles County
1937 January

Box 1, Folder 3

Transient Youth in California. A National, State and Local Problem. Report and Recommendations of the California Committee
for the Study of Transient Youth
.
1948

General note

Available at USC Libraries, 331.796.C1533T

Box 1, Folder 4

State Relief Administration of California.
Transients. Special Surveys and Studies Progress Report 7
1936 February 28

William Dickie, Director of California State Department of Health. "Statement on Health Problems among Migratory Agricultural
Workers Made at Request of LaFollette Committee on Civil Liberties. March 1940."

Carey McWilliams, Chief Division of Immigration and Housing. "Memorandum on Housing Conditions Among Migratory Workers in
California." State of California. Division of Immigration and Housing. State Building Los Angeles, Calif. 1939.

Dr. George Gleason.
The Fifth Migration. Report on the California Migratory Agricultural Workers prepared by Dr. George Gleason, Executive Secretary,
County Committee for Church and Community Cooperation, Los Angeles, California.
Los Angeles: Committee for Church and Community Cooperation
circa 1940

Crime Commission on Social and Economic Causes. Held in Fresno California1948 December 10

General note

Transcript. With Unemployed Federationist, Week of January 1, 1936 (Volume 1, no. 1). Newspaper of the "Public Works and Unemployed
Unions and the California State Federation of Unemployed and Allied Organizations."

The Shelter Workers Handbook. A Guide for Identifying and Meeting the Health Needs of Homeless People. A Project by the Health
Committee of the Coalition for the Homeless
. Edited by Margaret Rafferty, et al.
1983

Box 2, Folder 4

Rob Waters.
Trickle Down Tragedy: Homelessness in California1984 January

"Confronting Homelessness: What Should be Done? Strategic Planning Data and Policy for the greater Los Angeles Partnership
for the Homeless." Paper prepared by Hamilton, Rabinovitz & Alschuler
1988 December

Box 2, Folder 7

"Homelessness in the SCAG Region. A White Paper Report Prepared for the SCAG Regional Advisory Council."1985 August